The latest figures for those sleeping rough on our streets show that yet again there has been a rise. Government statistics show that more than 4,000 people are sleeping out on our streets on any one night, a 16 per cent increase on the previous year.
There is a clear correlation between the rise in those sleeping out on our streets and the deficit reduction programme introduced by the Coalition government in 2010. Homeless Link, the national membership body for those working to end homelessness, estimates that there has been a 134 per cent increase in rough sleeping since 2010.
